Linux is not UNIX. Linux is the Kernel everything else is a tool added to make the Kernel user-friendly ;-D. Sense pictures are worth 1000 words and most technical people don't have the time it would take to describe shell commands totaling 1,000,000 words a day. X-windows was created to limit the number of questions asked about shell commands so non techies could do work on computers and not cause telephone shell shock for techies. Keep in mind X-windows code is all text :-) X-windows is a tool or a bunch of tools. All that and UNIX was developed buy ATT Labs and Linux was developed by Linus. That and we all know OSS is the most powerful thing on earth >:-) OSS has launched business, conversations, fights, laws, and a lot of stress for M$, SCO, NetWare, and other folks. I can change (it wouldn't work) Linux code. I cannot change UNIX code (it wouldn't work). In the long run, Linux is freedom of expression even if it doesn't work. Where UNIX is a prison that wouldn't work anyway... So Linux and UNIX are not the same. Sam. Quoting Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu>: > Last time I checked, the only thing I could find separating Linux from > UNIX was the free availability of a compression algorithm and some fees. > I'm not 100% sure of that, but that was my interpretation at the time. I > believe the compression algorithm patent has expired and the > UNIX-compatible compress program is available with Linux now. > > So, GNU's Not UNIX, but is Linux UNIX? Why or why not? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >